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问题如下:
When market interest rate is 7%, a company issues a $1 million bond with maturity of 3-year, a 5% coupon rate, and annual interest payments. After the bond is issued, the maket interest rate increases.
In an analyst's view, which of the following statements is the most correct ?
选项:
A. The debt-to-equity ratio will increase.
B. The debt-to-equity ratio will decrease.
C. The debt-to-equity ratio will stay the same.
解释:
B is correct.
When market interest rates increase, the fair value of a bond with a fixed coupon rate decreases and the company’s economic liability may be lower than its reported debt.
For analytical purposes, in debt-to-equity ratio, lower debt and higher equity will decrease its value.
考点:债券利息费用的计算
当市场利率上升时,固定票面利率债券的fair value下降,公司的经济负债(economic liability)可能低于其财务报表上的负债金额。
分析师更倾向于使用fair value method来计量bond。所以在分析公司财务指标时,debt-to-equity ratio会下降,因为debt下降,debt-to-equity ratio下降。
发行完之后利率上升,说明公司是以较低的成本融资,说明实际融资成本较低。然而分析师认为应该用fair value method,所以debt应该是高于实际成本,所以在分析师看来应该是d/e 增加的不是么?